With tail, you can view a Linux log file as the system writes to it in real time. So while you’re trying to troubleshoot that system, you can follow the syslog, the auth.log, faillog, kern.log ...

There are two main methods of viewing Linux log files from the command line. The first is static and the second is in real-time. First, let’s take a look at the static method.

The tail command is continuously monitoring a log file on Linux. The tail command is displaying the last 20 lines of a log ...

The command below looks for indications of failed logins in the /var/log/auth.log file used on Ubuntu ... Managing and monitoring user accounts on Linux. Mar 24, 2025 7 mins. opinion. World Backup ...

swatch expects .swatchrc to live in the home directory of the user who invokes swatch. swatch also keeps its temporary files there by default (each time it's invoked it creates and runs a script ...

The bpytop tool is similar to other performance monitoring tools available for Linux systems like top, iotop, htop, bashtop etc. It’s a terminal-based resource monitor that works efficiently and ...

Performance tools in the Linux terminal are great for monitoring system health and optimizing resource usage. Compared to desktop equivalents, they provide lower-level, real-time insights into CPU ...

Linux tip: Many users are all too familiar with using Ctrl+Alt+Del (or, on a Mac, Cmd+Opt+Esc) to kill unresponsive processes. There isn't a comparable keyboard shortcut for Linux by default, but ...

Following the Linux idea of assembling and integrating tools to get a task done, I looked at using a digital multimeter, a PC and software to make them work together. The digital multimeter with an RS ...